---
type: "Bill"
title: "Constitution, Legislature authorized to recompile constitution and submit at 2022 Reg. Sess., and provide for its ratification, const. amend."
description: "Constitution, Legislature authorized to recompile constitution and submit at 2022 Reg. Sess., and provide for its ratification, const. amend."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 328"
citation: "Alabama HB 328 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Constitutional Amendments"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coleman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/974e5925-a0ef-4745-bf3e-e512a1419096"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB328"
source_hash: "41538aa25a321160d73334009660c9c90300ddf20f217d39d391dcdd54a0b1f3"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-al"]
---

# Alabama HB 328 (2019rs) — Constitution, Legislature authorized to recompile constitution and submit at 2022 Reg. Sess., and provide for its ratification, const. amend.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB328-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 201293-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/201293-1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB328-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1108 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 386 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1109 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Wilcox motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1056 — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Coleman — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 386 `passage`
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Cosponsors Added
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Lipscomb intended to vote "Yea"
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Smitherman Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1108 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1109 `passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Wilcox motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1056 `passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-271. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Secretary of State at 3:48 p.m. on May 28, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/974e5925-a0ef-4745-bf3e-e512a1419096`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).